imation slim DVD usb burner not seeing DVDs on XP

This device works perfectly on my friends notebook its a HP notebook with windows Vista installed. When I plug this into my notebook – Dell Inspiron 2200 windows XP , it does not recognize any DVDs ,and Cds. All it says please insert a disc into drive , even though its got one in it . I also tried different typs of dvds and cds that work in my friends but not in mine using the same device.

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